Collar button



.Fune 26; 1928.

F. N. ASHWQRTH COLLAR BUTTON Filed April 15, 1927 Patented June 26, 1928..

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'COIiLAR Barron.

Application filed'April 15, 1927. seri'ai'no. 184,099.

This invention relates to an improved collar button, the ob ect of the invention being to provide a collar button which, in addition to its performing the usual functions of a collar button, 1S adapted to engage a necktle, such as a four-ln-hand, and retain t button in use.

an object of the invention to collar button which will position that the button itself will be hidbutton of the character hereinafter described in the specification and particularly forth in the claims.

Referring to the drawings as set Figure 1 is an enlarged plan of one embodiment of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken on the line 2-2, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation taken on line 33, Fig. 1.

Fig. i is an underneath plan of a modified form of my invention.

Fig. line 99, Fig. 8. Fig. 6 is a modifie of tie retaining member.

Like numerals refer to like parts several views of the drawings.

5 is a sectional elevation taken on d form in the In the drawings, referring to Figs. 1, 2

and 3, 10 is a collar button consisting of head 11, a shank 12, and a base 13.

a The shank 12 is oval in cross section to prevent the button from turning in the collar.

is a tie retaining member consisting prongs 15 and 16, bent to their lower ends the prongs 15 and form hooks 17 and 18 respectivel 16 have 1 1 of two at their upper ends y. At

fastened thereto a push button 19, and between the push button is positioned within spring 20, which prongs head 11 and within recesses spectively, being normally flush with the lower the base 13.

21 and and the head 11, there the shank 12 a spiral normally acts to hold the 17 and 18 downwardly against the the lower face of the head 19 face of The operation of the device illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 is as follows :-The

button is applied to the front of the shirt, and the front ends of the collar are buttoned in the usual manner. portions of the prongs 15 and 16 lie the recesses 21 and 22 and, therefore, interfere with the convenient manip thereto At this time the hook within do not ulation of the tie. After'the tie has been formed into afour-in-hand knot, the user of the device presses on the push button 19 and thus raises the hook portions 17 and 18 of the prongs out of the recesses 21 and 22 and a slight distance away from the head 11'. He then inserts the prongs 17 and 18 in the tie by liftiiig upwardly on the knotted portion of the tie and pressingthe materialthereof over'theprongs. He'then releases the'push button 19 and the material of the tie is then gripped by the prongs 17 and 18 to the head of the button, so that it cannot loosen up or get out of position.

In Figs. 1 and 5 a modified form of my invention is illustrated in which 38 is the head, 39 the shank and 10 the base of the button. The tie retaining member consists of a single wire 41, which is provided with a hook or prong e2 at the upper end, and has a push button 43 fastened to the lower end, and between the push button and the head 38 and surrounding the wire 41 is a spiral spring 1 1.

The operation of every way to the embodiment of my invention illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the tie retaining member being prevented from rotating in the collar button by the oval shape of the push button 43, which fits into a correspondingly shaped depression 15 in the base 40 of the collar button.

In Fig. 6 a side elevation of a modified form of tie retaining member 46 is illustrated, the same having two prongs and each of these prongs being bent at their upper ends as illustrated in said figure, forming an angular hook instead of a curved hook.

A portion of the top of the collar button is illustrated in Fig. 6 in dotted lines to illustrate the relative location of the tie retaining member 4:6 to the top of the collar button.

The object of this particular form of hook is to enable the device to be used for bow ties, as it has been found that for a bow this device is similar in.

tie the angular form of hook is most efficient,

be utilized and loosely knotted or tied and retained in position by the device of this invention.

It is also to be understood that if a fourin-hand tie has a tendency to work over to one side or at an angle, the device of this invention can be utilized to correct such a tendency by disengaging the tie from the hooks and moving it to the correct desired position and then causing the hooks to engage the tie again. In other words, thetie canbe loosely tied and correctly positioned and held in the correct position desired by the user.

I claim:

1. A collar button embodying a head, shank and base, a bifurcated tie retaining member projecting through said headand bent at its upper end, a push button fast to the lower end thereof, with its lower face normally flush with the lower face of the base and a spiral spring positioned in said shank and interposed between said head and push button. r 24A collarbutton embodying a hollow head, a hollow shank and a base, a tieretaining member projecting through said head and bent at its upper end to form a hook, a push button fast to the lower end thereof, with its lower face normally flush with the lower face of the base, and a spiral spring extending through said shank encircling said tie-retaining member with one end bearing against the y and the other end bearing against said push button. p 7 I In testimonyrwliereof I have hereunto set my hand.

FRED N. AsrrwoRTH, r

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